Goodreads asked Martyn Perry:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Martyn Perry The best thing about being a writer probably isn't the writing itself to be honest. The endless hours spent mulling over the phrasing of a particular sentence, or the daunting prospect of having to re-write entire chunks of your story as you've had a change of heart, or the moment when you re-read your previous night's work and hate every word! Those are the worst bits.

The best bit is when you've finally completed your story. You've written, re-written, read, re-read, re-written and re-written again your story to the point when you feel it's ready to share with the world. That moment when it's finally released and when you get your first review back. When you know that you've successfully managed to entertain a reader all from the power of your own imagination and your ability to represent that as a story, that's the best thing.

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